The games were held in Toronto this year. Wounded warriors were left feeling inspired by the biggest games yet. The Invictus Games was set up back in 2014 for wounded, sick and injured armed services personnel to take part in various competitive sporting events. The eight-day competition closed on the 1st of October with an […]

A pan-disability football club in Oxford has been named the best of its kind in the country. Oxford City FC Casuals beat a whole host of clubs to be named the ‘Best Programme for People with Disabilities’ at the National League Awards. The award was judged on the programme of both physical and social sessions […]

A charity has highlighted the reduced life expectancy of people with learning difficulties and called for action through sport to help improve their health and fitness. Special Olympics Great Britain organises year-round sport for people with learning, or intellectual, disabilities. The charity believes that encouraging them to engage in sport can not only help to […]

Free Outdoor Gym Sessions In support of the Livewell’s Get You Outdoors campaign, Braintree District Council has organised FREE outdoor gym sessions with a qualified fitness instructor throughout August. The sessions, which will make use of the free outdoor gyms at Meadowside Park in Coldnailhurst Avenue, Braintree will take place from 10am to 11am on […]

It’s been over a week now since the Rugby Union World Cup final, where New Zealand became the first team to retain the Web Ellis trophy. The tournament will live long in the memory of Rugby Union fans the world over for its wonderful matches and magical moments, including Bryan Habana equalling the World Cup […]

InstructAbility, a multi award winning project joins forces with Brentwood Leisure Centre to offer disabled people a FREE opportunity to become qualified fitness instructors. A few months ago Brentwood Leisure Centre provided a voluntary placement for InstructAbility student, Sam Brooker. Sam has subsequently been offered some paid work and the opportunity to gain further […]

Disability4Sport has been given a licence from the FA to run a Cerebral Palsy Centre of Excellence for the Eastern Region. There is only eight in the country.Within this licence they cater for 12-15years old (youth team) then 16+ (adult team). THEY NEED YOUR HELP to identify players who may be eligible to trial for Cerebral […]

Do you know anyone interested in football? Are you a footie fan who wants to do more than stand on the side lines? When it comes to providing opportunities for people with disabilities or special needs, Southend Soccability are in a league of their own and are urging more people to join its inclusive team. […]

Many of us enjoyed watching the Olympics and Paraylmpics this summer, and some of us even had the opportunity to go and sit in the crowd. But a select group of privileged people got to see the Games from the inside: the Games Makers. Dancing Giraffe talked to Emma Shepherd, a Games Maker from Chelmsford […]

DG Writer, Katy McIntosh speaks to the wheelchair basketball team, the Essex Outlaws about training, sponsors, and how to join the group. The Paralympics brought wheelchair basketball into the public eye as one of the most exciting sports around. After having the opportunity to be a spectator at some of the games, it got me […]

The Games set out to inspire a generation and, with a record number of athletes and spectators, they appeared to have fulfilled their promise. DG writer Catherine Ridge visits the Olympic Park on the final day of the Paralympics to mingle with crowds in a packed arena for the last event: the 7-a-side Football Final. […]

After the success of the Olympics, we’re now enjoying the Paralympic games when athletes with a variety of disabilities get their opportunity to go for gold. It’s an incredible source of inspiration for millions across the world, as the contenders demonstrate achievement against adversity. Some of the athletes are ex-soldiers wounded by war, and what […]

Crowds chanted, “Peacock, Peacock” in celebration after the 19-year-old world record holder smashed his own record to finish in 10.90 seconds in the T44 100m on Thursday evening. American Richard Browne finished second, with South Africa’s Arnu Fourie third and Oscar Pistorius fourth. Pistorius, who won silver in the 200m and gold in the 4x100m, […]

After already topping the medal charts, ParalympicsGB scored another gold and two silvers on the final day of the equestrian events, taking the team’s final medal tally to 11 at these Games, the country’s most successful ever haul in the Paralympics. The last gold was won by Sophie Christiansen, who guided and cajoled her horse […]